Useless features are what sell products, right? Probably not, but no one ever told the folks at MPNavi about that little fact. Their new Tomato U7 it quite small, and looks nothing like a tomato (thank god), but let’s have a rundown of features. It has a voice recorder, FM tuner, e-book reader, equalizer, photo album, games, and supports MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, ASF, OGG, WMV, AMV, and JPEG. All of that fits inside of something that’s 38×64×14mm and weighs only 25 grams. Really, who is going to read books on a 1.6-inch CSTN screen? If you ever happen to catch anyone attempting to, please hit them upside the head and explain the wrongs of their ways. The Tomato U7 comes in 512MB/1GB/2GB sizes and is Korean, so you probably can’t buy it. –Nik Gomez

Meet The Diminutive Tomato U7, From MPNavi. Yeah, Tomato [via OhGizmo!]

Canon has released two new electronic dictionaries to ease your spelling problems. The Wordtank M300 and the Wordtank V300 also have the ability to playback your MP3s. So while an iPod or some other portable audio device probably does the job better, this can serve as a quick alternative. Seeing as these are first dictionaries and second audio players, the speakers are also assigned the duty of text-to-speech when you need to know how a certain word is pronounced. It’s too bad that we don’t see any ebook functionality here, that would make this an even more intriguing device now that ebook technology is getting reasonable enough for consumers to be truely interested. While these aren’t exaclty being marketed as pocket dictionaries, take a look, they are certainly smaller than that Websters you have laying around gathering dust.

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Looking forward to Valentine’s day, Sony has announced its limited edition Dooney & Bourke leather-bound PRS-500U2DB portable reader. This eBook has all of the same specs as the normal Sony Reader, except for its textured leather cover and exorbitant price.

The eBook will also be shipped in a special edition red box packaging, adding those little touches to make your loved ones bow down to you with thankfulness. There are thousands of books available to download through Sony, so no matter what reading level or genre fan your signifigant other has, they’ll be able to find material that interests them.

With its paper like display, you’ll find it pleasing to the eye and not overbearing or blurry like other eBooks on the market. And for a price of $500, you shouldn’t expect any less. Even more cool is that now you can read PDF and .doc files as well as uploaded blogs, view pictures, and listen to MP3s on your eBook for those long waits in line or at the airport. You can only buy them from Sony up until Febuary 9th, so get it early or you’ll be hunting eBay. — Andrew Dobrow

SonyStyle Dooney & Bourke Limited Edition Portable Reader PRS-500U2DB [via Reg Hardware]